Handle-extractor for axes, hammers, &amp;c.



J. VENO. HANDLE EXTRAGTOR FOR AXES, HAMMERS, am

APPLICATION IILED JAN-6. 1910.

Patented NOV. 8, 1 910.

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HANDLE EXTRAGTOR FOB. AXES, HAMMBBS, &u.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.6, 1910.

Patented Npv.8,1910.

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JAMES VENO, 0F VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SANADA.

HANDLE-EXTRACTOR FOR AXES, I-II-iltTD-EERS, &0.

Application filed January 6, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 536,599.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES VnNo, a subject of the King of Great Britain,and a resident of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia andDominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Handle- Extractorfor Axes, Hammers, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention has in view a device for positively extracting handlesfrom various tools, such as axes, hammers, picks, etc., the deviceembodying a clamp for securing the head of the tool, and a punch,preferably screw-actuated and supported from the clamp in a position topress on the handle, the punch being swiveled on the screw so that thescrew will turn independently thereof, and removably applied to permitof a variety of punches of different sizes and shapes being used.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views. 4

Figure l is a central vertical section of a handle extractor constructedin accordance with my invention, with a broken handle being shown inposition for the handle to be removed; Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe punch on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of thepunch; Fig. 4c is a sectional view, showing the connection between thecross-bar and one of the supporting yokes; Fig. 5 is a plan of theextractor complete; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of the same on theline G6 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a crosssection of the extractor on the line77 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 7, showingthe sides or jaws of the trough clamp retracted.

In the construction of my improved handle extractor I preferably employa trough clamp 10, one side 11 of which, as best shown in Figs. 7 and 8,is relatively movable to and from the opposite side 12 and operativelyconnected thereto near each end of the clamp by clamping-screws 13, theclamping screws being journaled in and held against longitudinalmovement at one side and provided with nuts 14 at the opposite side. Thesides 11 and 12 of the clamp are each fashioned at the center to formclamping-jaws, as best shown in Fig. 6, for which purpose the innerfaces thereof are formed 1 concave, as indicated at 15, to, in ameasure, conform to the side faces of the conventional ax, hammer, pick,etc. Between the jaws the bottom of the clamp is provided with anopening 17 through which the handle of the tool is adapted to extend andbe forced. Each side of the clamp at the jaws 15 has anupwaidly-extending yoke 18 rigid therewith, on the upper portion ofwhich is carried a cross-bar 19, the cross bar being slidably retainedin the yoke by keepers 20, one of which is secured to each yoke support,as shown in Fig. 4. The center of the cross-bar is expanded and threadedto provide a nut 21, in which screws an operating screw 22 having anactuating handle 23 at its upper end, and at its lower end carrying apunch 24, the punch being journaled or swiveled on the screw, on whichit is removably retained by a screw 25 threaded into the head of thepunch and entering a circumferential groove 26 formed in the screw 22.The point of the punch is of the same general form as but slightlysmaller than the eye of the tool which receives the handle. Eachextractor is ordinarily provided with several punches of varying formsand sizes so as to adapt the extractor to a variety of differentlyshaped and different sized hancles.

In the operation of the device, the tool from which the broken orinjured portion of the handle is to be removed is placed within theclamp, as shown in Fig. 1, and a punch applied to the screw having acrosssection which will freely pass through, yet barely closely fit, theeye of the tool. cross-bar 19 is then adjusted to bring the punchcentrally over the handle, and the screw afterward operated to force thehandle out through the opening 17.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a handle extractor, a clamp having jaws to bind on the tool atopposite sides, and a punch supported on the clamp, having means toforce it in a direction to press the handle from the tool.

2. In a handle extractor, a clamp having jaws arranged to bind on thetool at the opposite sides, and a punch carried by the clamp andadjustable laterally crosswise thereof, having actuating means to forceit in a direction to press the handle from the tool.

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3. In a handle extractor, a trough clamp having sides relatively movableto and from each other and provided with screws arranged near the endsfor'drawing the sides together, each of said sides having a clamping jawapproximately centrally arranged, with the bottom of the clamp having anopening between said jaws, through which the handle of the tool isadapted to pass yoke supports rigid with each of the jaws of the clamp,a cross-bar carried on the yoke supports an actuating screw threadedthrough the cross-bar, and a punch arranged on the inner end of thescrew in alinement with said opening.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES VENO.

